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salvage therapy

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Pronunciation: /ˈsælvɪʤ ˈθɛrəpi/

salvage therapy

Definition

Treatment that is given after the cancer has not responded to other treatments.

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lenalidomide

epothilone D

fast-neutron beam radiation

seocalcitol

overweight

edrecolomab

stage II esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

epigenetics

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Anti-VEGF/TGF-beta 1 Fusion Protein HB-002T

therapeutic allogeneic cytotoxic T lymphocytes

PEG-PEI-cholesterol lipopolymer-encased IL-12 DNA plasmid vector IMNN-001

allogeneic CD19-OX40-CD3zeta-CAR-mbIL-15-expressing natural killer cells NKX019

Riomet

anti-BCMA/CD3 BiTE antibody AMG 701

larotrectinib sulfate

anti-VEGFR-2 monoclonal antibody AK109

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clinical utility

missense mutation

noncarrier

nail dystrophy

insertion

phenocopy

hereditary predisposition

melanocytic macules associated with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome

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